Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. You can also listen to the Nightowl Radio Show, or any show on WHCL-FM, by telling your Amazon Echo, “Alexa, play WHCL-FM.”…
Read MoreThere are corporate monoliths that piss me off. Allstate. Spectrum. Verizon. You know, the usual cesspool of vermin. We can now add KCI to this mix. KCI is the manufacturer of a portable negative pressure wound vac machine I used during my recent foot surgery. See, when I was in the hospital last February, I…
Read MoreLet’s make something clear. When you enter a photography competition, you must take some time and read the entry rules carefully. The rules determine, for example, the size of your print, its composition (framed or unframed, mounted or unmounted), the number of prints you are allowed to enter and whether you are limited to a…
Read MoreAh, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles moves like clockwork. Especially when they want your money. This morning, I received an email stating that this is my THIRD notice for renewing the registration on my 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier (“Lightning’s Girl”). I guess that’s supposed to frighten the shit out of me, because…
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I’ve owned my 2017 Chevrolet Volt (“Lightning’s Girl”) for two years, and it’s a dream car. None one single stitch of trouble. Maybe a couple of check-engine lights, but nothing that wasn’t covered under the car’s PZED warranty. So … I decided it was time to add a little glow to my car. And by…
Read MoreI haven’t used my super-ultra-wide Soviet Krasnogorsk FT-2 (“Raskolnikov”) camera in a long, long while. Maybe it’s just because I haven’t found a suitable subject to photograph with it … or maybe I’m developing photographer’s block with the camera. When I can get the camera to work to my advantage, I can get some incredible…
Read MoreThe world of pop music has been littered with potholes of plagiarism. A hundred years ago, the song “Yes! We Have No Bananas” took the melody of G.F. Handel’s “Hallelujah” chorus for a Tin Pan Alley refrain. George Harrison’s song “My Sweet Lord” was found to be too close in melody and structure to the…
Read MoreHello to all of you on this glorious holiday. Just remember … one of the great things about Star Wars fandom is that the one character you hate in that movie will become, by the next movie or two, one of the most beloved characters. I give an example. Star Wars – “It’s a big…
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The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. You can also listen to the Nightowl Radio Show, or any show on WHCL-FM, by telling your Amazon Echo, “Alexa, play WHCL-FM.”…
Read MoreThere once was a time when you could stay home from school and the three major television networks would bless your “sick day” or “hooky day” with a plethora of game shows and quiz shows. NBC gave your Hollywood Squares and Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, while CBS offered The Joker’s Wild and The Price…
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